Artificial intelligence depends on more than models. Sensors determine what a system can observe; chips and computing architectures determine what it can process; energy, infrastructure and economics determine where it can operate. This hub brings together Tim Harper’s research on those physical, computational and commercial constraints.
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- AI Sensor Technology: Why Smart Sensors Define the Real-World Future of Artificial Intelligence — The reference article on sensors and real-world AI.
- Bigger Brains Need Better Senses — Why perception and contact sensing matter to useful machines.
- An AI Winter Could Be Good for AI — Efficiency, incentives and the economics of AI development.
- Can the UK Grid Handle the AI Data Centre Power Boom? — The grid and power constraints behind computing growth.
For the framework connecting technical capability with repeatable deployment, see Technology Commercialisation. Energy-system research continues in Energy, Grid & Infrastructure.